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Sodium selenite improves the vase life of Eustoma grandiflorum cut flowers

Horticultural Science, 2022
Previous studies indicated that the antioxidant and water balance capacity played important roles in improving the vase life of cut flowers. As a trace element, selenium (Se) has been proven to play an important role in extending the vase life of lily ...
Ninghai Lu, Limin Wu, Chaohui Zhang, Changjuan Shan   +3 more
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Cut Flowers

Nuncius, 2017
Designations of still life as natura morta, nature morte, naturaleza muerta are based on a gross misunderstanding. We are only beginning to fully understand how masterfully the genre played with the supposed boundaries between the living and dead. It is above all floral still life painting after 1600, in which the intermediate state between life and ...
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Scientific analysis of cut flowers

Ornamental Horticulture
The cut flower sector is an area of horticulture that generates great economic and academic interest worldwide, the production of flowers represents a market segment that has aesthetic and sentimental purposes in many regions of the world.
Edwin Villagran, Gloria Alexandra Ortiz Rocha, Lorena Mojica, Jorge Flores-Velasquez, Cruz Ernesto Aguilar, Linda Gomez, Douglas Gomez, Eduard Antolinez, Stephanie Numa   +8 more
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Essential oils prolonged the cut carnation longevity by limiting the xylem blockage and enhancing the physiological and biochemical levels.

PLoS ONE, 2023
Postharvest characteristics, such as vase life and antimicrobial preservation of commercial cut flowers are some of the major determinants of their market value worldwide. Extending vase life while restricting microbial proliferation in cut flowers is an
Mayank A Gururani, Amira K Atteya, Abeer Elhakem, Abdel-Nasser A El-Sheshtawy, Rasha S El-Serafy   +4 more
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Effect of (Changes in) Air Humidity on Transpiration and (Adaptation of) Stomatal Closure of Tradescantia Leaves during Water Stress [PDF]

, 2009
This paper summarises our recent research on the physiological effects of prolonged high RH during growth on stomatal function and we discuss possibilities that arise from this work for reducing postharvest quality problems in cut flowers.
Harbinson, J., Meeteren, U., van, Rezaei Nejad, A.   +2 more
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Synergistic effect of graphene oxide and silver nanoparticles as biostimulant improves the postharvest life of cut flower bird of paradise (Strelitzia reginae L.)

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
The bird of paradise (Strelitzia reginae L.) is one of the important tropical cut flowers. Generally, flowers like bird of paradise (BOP) grown for the commercial ornamental market must be of high pre and postharvest quality.
Meenakshi Thakur, Anjali Chandel, Anjali Chandel, Shweta Guleria, Vipasha Verma, Raghawendra Kumar, Gurpreet Singh, Anjali Rakwal, Diksha Sharma, Bhavya Bhargava, Bhavya Bhargava   +10 more
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Cut Flower Purchasing and Market Segments within the US Flower Industry

HortTechnology
Cut flower sales in the United States have experienced significant growth in recent years because of increased consumer demand for both gifting and personal enjoyment.
Julie H. Campbell, Benjamin L. Campbell
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Production of ornamental plants and cut flowers in peri-urban areas: An economic and environmental analysis of the Barcelona Metropolitan region, Spain [PDF]

, 2018
Ornamental plants and floral plants are not usually considered in research works on urban agriculture. On the contrary, the main stream of research is focused on food production.
Alfranca Burriel, Òscar, Recasens, X.
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Evolutionary dynamics of the chloroplast genome in Daphne (Thymelaeaceae): comparative analysis with related genera and insights into phylogenetics

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Comparative analysis of chloroplast genomes from 14 genera of Thymelaeaceae revealed variation in gene content, ranging from 128 to 142 genes, primarily influenced by IR expansion/contraction events and pseudogenization of ndhF, ndhI, and ndhG. Two large inversions were detected within the large single‐copy region, including a synapomorphic inversion ...
Abdullah, Hui Li, Rushan Yan, Chengyu Chen, Madiha Islam, Abdul Majid, Ibrar Ahmed, Parviz Heidari, Xiaoxuan Tian   +8 more
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Postharvest characteristics of cut flowers of selected members of the family Myrtaceae : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy at Massey University, New Zealand [PDF]

, 1999
Stages of floral development were described for Eucalyptus ficifolia and Metrosideros collina 'Tahiti' flowers (Myrtaceae) attached and detached from plants.
Sun, Jian
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